NEW YORK: An ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain. Fossil remains of the species - named Homo naledi - were uncovered in underground caves in South Africa a decade ago. Now, researchers say they've found evid
NEW YORK: An ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain.
Berger and colleagues describe their findings in studies posted online Monday. The research has not been peer-reviewed yet and some outside scientists think more evidence is needed to challenge what we know about how humans evolved their complex thinking. Berger and his team announced the species in 2015, after a tip from local spelunkers led them to the Rising Star cave system near Johannesburg where they uncovered fossils from at least 15 individuals who lived around 300,000 years ago.
One of the new studies describes what researchers say were intentional burial sites. The team uncovered fossil remains of adults and children in shallow holes in the ground, their bodies in a fetal position. All of this behavior would be surprising for a creature whose brain was closer in size to an ape’s than a human’s, experts said.
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